Since the beginning of this year the country has recorded a total of 13,746 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), an increase of 2.5 times compared to the same period from 2023, according to the Ministry of health.

The HCM City Centre for Disease Control said that in the past week, the city has recorded an increase in cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and dengue fever.

Doctors determined the case as a diagnosis of dengue hemorrhagic fever, characterised by rapid progression, shock, and multi-organ damage.

The International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) Training Centre under the Ministry of National Defence’s Military Hospital 175 officially made its debut in Ho Chi Minh City on April 15.

The country is currently seeing a spike in the number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) being detected among children, with 10,196 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, a figure 2.3 times higher than the same period from last year.

The first pediatric organ transplant centre in Vietnam’s southern region is scheduled to be put into operation on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - 2025).

Currently, the country has nearly 4,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list, said Director of the National Coordinating Center for Human Organ Transplantation Associate Professor Dong Van He.

The rate of organ donation from deceased people in Việt Nam remains modest compared to other countries, leaving demand for organs still far exceeding supply.

A man residing in the central highlands province of Dak Lak has been diagnosed with melioidosis, also known as Whitmore’s disease, according to a report from the Dak Lak Center for Disease Control.

The Ministry of Health has requested localities to strengthen avian influenza prevention measures after Vietnam recorded the first human infection with the subtype H9.

A successful case of multi-organ harvesting from a brain-dead donor was performed at the Việt Nam - Sweden Uông Bí Hospital in Quảng Ninh Province on April 2, the local Department of Health reported.

Prof. Dr. Hattori Tadashi has helped many people see the light and have a normal life.

A batch of 3,000 bottles of inactivated Tembusu virus vaccine, XINSHUTA, equivalent to three million doses, were imported to the nation on April 2 by Invet Group.

The incidence of chronic kidney disease among young adults is steadily rising, prompting concerns over early screening of kidney problems to prevent disease progression, doctors have said.

Turning down a stable life in Japan and enticing offers from big hospitals, Japanese Professor, Doctor Hattori Tadashi decided to pursue his own journey to bring light to tens of thousands of underprivileged people in Vietnam.

Vietnam needs to implement numerous stringent measures to enhance the prevention and control of diseases transmitted from animals to humans, the Ministry of Health has announced.

After going out for lunch with his co-workers, N.T.A in Dong Anh district in Hanoi saw that a wet wipe he used had unexpectedly turned red.

The Hanoi-based Bach Mai General Hospital announced that the hospital’s doctor team have successfully saved the life of a young girl who suffered a broken heart due to a tragic traffic accident.

Last year was the first year that the National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology implemented a free-of-charge surgery programme for 30 disabled leprosy patients in northern provinces.